4. You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without usingthe timer.

5. You lick your coffeepot clean.

6. You spend every vacation visiting “Maxwell House.”

7. You’re the employee of the month at the local coffeehouse and youdon’t even work there.

8. Your eyes stay open when you sneeze.

9. You’re so jittery that people use your hands to blend theirmargaritas.

10. You can jump-start your car without cables.

11. All your kids are named “Joe.”

12. Your only source of nutrition comes from “Sweet & Low.”

13. You go to AA meetings just for the free coffee.

14. You’ve built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers.

15. People get dizzy just watching you.

16. When you find a penny, you say, “Find a penny, pick it up.Sixty-three more, I’ll have a cup.”

17. The Taster’s Choice couple wants to adopt you.

18. Starbucks owns the mortgage on your house.

19. You’re so wired, you pick up FM radio.

20. Your life’s goal is to “amount to a hill of beans.”

21. Instant coffee takes too long.

22. When someone says. “How are you?”, you say, “Good to the last drop.”

23. You want to be cremated just so you can spend the rest of eternityin a coffee can.

24. You go to sleep just so you can wake up and smell the coffee.

25. You’re offended when people use the word “brew” to mean beer.

26. You name your cats “Cream” and “Sugar.”

27. You get drunk just so you can sober up.

28. Your lips are permanently stuck in the sipping position.

29. You can outlast the Energizer bunny.

30. You don’t even wait for the water to boil anymore.

31. You think being called a “drip” is a compliment.

32. You don’t tan, you roast.

33. You can’t even remember your second cup.

34. You introduce your spouse as your “Coffeemate.”

35. You think CPR stands for “Coffee Provides Resuscitation.”

Gary has been a writer/ photographer for over 20 years, specializing in nature,landscapes and studying native cultures.Besides visiting most of the United States, he has traveled to such places as Egypt,the Canary Islands,much of the Caribbean. He has studied the Mayan Cultures in Central America, and the Australian Aboriginal way of life.Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in many different parts of the world!

He has published several books about the various cultures he has observed.

For more information and a link to his hard cover and Ebooks,and contact information: please check his website.www.commonsensejourneys.com